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An edition of On Giants' Shoulders: Great Scientists and Their Discoveries From Archimedes to DNA (1998)

On Giants' Shoulders

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"On Giants' Shoulders elucidates the milestones in the history of science, focusing on twelve individuals and their extraordinary breakthroughs. From a layman's perspective, acclaimed journalist and author Melvyn Bragg discusses the life, work, and legacy of these remarkable people with leading scientists and historians in each field, including Stephen Jay Gould, Richard Dawkins, Roger Penrose, Martin Rees, Oliver Sacks, John Gribbin, and Paul Davies."--BOOK JACKET.

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Sceptre, Hodder Pb
Pages
384

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Subjects

Scientists, Biography, History, Science, Discoveries in science, Biografie, Naturwissenschaftler, Fiction, general, Science, history, Scientists, biography, Inventors, Sciences, Histoire

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Cover of: On Giants' Shoulders
On Giants' Shoulders: Great Scientists and Their Discoveries From Archimedes to DNA
August 7, 2000, Wiley
in English
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Cover of: On Giants' Shoulders
On Giants' Shoulders
February 18, 1999, Sceptre, Hodder Pb
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Cover of: On Giants' Shoulders
On Giants' Shoulders: Great Scientists and Their Discoveries From Archimedes to DNA
August 13, 1999, Wiley
in English
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Cover of: On giants' shoulders
On giants' shoulders: great scientists and their discoveries : from Archimedes to DNA
1998, Wiley
in English
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Cover of: On giants' shoulders
On giants' shoulders: great scientists and their discoveries from Archimedes to DNA
1998, Hodder & Stoughton
in English
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First Sentence

"Archimedes is so clever that sometimes I think that if you want an example of somebody brought from outer space it would be Archimedes."

Classifications

Library of Congress
Q141 .B82 1998

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
384
Dimensions
7.6 x 5 x 1 inches
Weight
9.9 ounces

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Open Library
OL9861731M
Internet Archive
ongiantsshoulder0000brag_e9o8
ISBN 10
0340712600
ISBN 13
9780340712603
OCLC/WorldCat
43822671
Library Thing
969990
Goodreads
1124876

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